Sunday 24th September 2022 will be a date many runners will remember for some time to come. 45,527 runners with 34,879 finishers from 157 countries took part in the event. Eliud Kipchoge, aged 37 years from Kenya once again made history by beating his own marathon world record time, set 4 years earlier in Berlin, by 30 seconds. Anyone who runs marathons will appreciate that 30 seconds is an incredible difference. Eliud Kipchoge is also one of only two runners to have won Berlin Marathon 4 times, Haile Gebrselassie is the other.

Lets take a look at the 5 fastest marathon times (on record eligible courses)

Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 2:01:09 Berlin, 2022

Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 2:01:39 Berlin, 2018

Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 2:01:41 Berlin, 2019

Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 2:02:37 London, 2019

Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 2:02:40 Tokyo, 2022

Many wonder why the Berlin Marathon course is so fast and is home to the world record. Here are some thoughts on this.

• Weather (usually cool)
• Roads (wide, flat and well maintained)
• Pace setters (top class)
• Support from an efficient and supportive German race organisation
• Cheers from a fantastic crowd of supporters en route

Let’s not forget the womens race. Ethiopian runner Tigist Assefa set a new marathon course record with a time of 2:15:37, she broke her PB by more than 18 minutes.

For the remaining runners it was a race that took a bit longer; a generous 6 hour 15 minutes.

Will you join us in 2023 for the 49^th edition of the BMW-Berlin Marathon? As official travel partner, our Marathon Tours & Travel team will be there to support you and ensure a seamless and stress free stay in Berlin. Many of our staff have years of experience with Berlin. Our product manager Marie has run Berlin Marathon seven times (read race report here) and our operations manager Si ran this year so its fair to say we practice what we preach.

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